CV Tips

In addition to the standard information like personal data, language skills, education and trainings, you want to be sure to include the following information:

A statement of objective

This is a simple paragraph which should go at the very top of your CV, just below your personal data. It should include in a nutshell:

• The type of company sector or industry you are pursuing.
• The position you want to obtain.
• The company culture you want to be part of (values/mission of company). This can be found on website.
• Highlights briefly a few top qualities about you.

An example

My ambition today is to join an innovative company that is focused on web technologies.
My goal is to build upon my last five years of professional experience as a project coordinator and grow today to a Project Management position. I want to bring my strong analytical skills, my capacity to plan and organize in an effective manner and my team leadership capacity to an organization where success means achieving results, client satisfaction is reached acting with integrity and learning is part of everyday thinking.

Work experience

• Include the name of the company and describe in one or two sentences their core business. You can also include the companies’ website.
• Write your title and the dates you worked in this function. For people who have worked internationally, you can include the job location city/country.
• Detail the tasks and key responsibilities you manage in each function. List no more than three to five main tasks. How do you spend your time? Use a bullet format for documenting this. It is more important to write about your specific role and contribution than the general context of the team. Include a personal achievement or KPI (key performance indicator) which you reached.
• Always begin your CV with the most recent experience at the top.

Soft skills

Soft skills are the competencies you have which are related to your character. Here is a list of some core competencies that most companies are incorporating into their culture. Which ones do you have? Be sure to include your soft skills (refer to list below) which are more unique to you and your professional experience. In your job interview, be prepared to have supporting examples to explain how you have applied these competencies. This is called competency based interviewing. It’s common practice used by HR and Recruitment companies. An example question might be, “can you tell me about a time in your past function where you showed that you collaborate well with others?” or “Can you provide an example in your current position where you demonstrate your leadership skills?”

• Customer Client Focus
• Leadership
• Results driven
• Improves other people
• Has global mindset
• Encourages team work
• Measured risk taker
• Continuous self-learner
• Effective communicator
• Technical / functional excellence
• Initiative taker
• Adaptable towards continuous change
• Active Listening skills
• Judgment
• Analytical capacity: analyses problems
• Precision
• Creative
• Planning and Organisational skills
• Decision making capacity
• Delegation capacity
• Integrity

*Microsoft word has great CV templates!

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